what do shoes thrown over a wire in your hood mean?

[karyn]

Council dispells 'bizarre urban myth'

from 24 dash

Publisher: Pam Caulfield
Published: 14/09/2007 - 10:25:41 AM

Shoes hanging on phone lines were thought to be an advert for drug dealers

Stockton Council is dispelling an urban myth after a bizarre spate of people throwing shoes or trainers, tied together at the laces, over telephone cables.

This has led to a belief that it is a symbol a drug dealer is operating in the area, with the shoes acting as an ‘advert’ to his customers.

Councillor Steve Nelson, Stockton Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Safety, said: “We’d like to put people’s minds at ease about this. We do not believe that a pair of shoes over a telephone cable is a sign a drug dealer lives nearby - it’s more likely to be a sign that some idiot has thrown their shoes away!”

“This type of activity makes an area look scruffy and that in turn can generate other types of criminal and anti-social behaviour such as fly tipping, graffiti and damage to property.

"We want to encourage our residents to take pride in where they live and we’re asking them to report such incident so we can get them cleared up quickly and ideally make sure who ever commits this type of vandalism is caught.”

Removing shoes from telephone wires costs £60 (the rental for a cherry picker needed to safely reach them) and Stockton Council is asking anyone who witnesses this to call (01642) 527615 so we can have them removed immediately and ensure that the perpetrator can be sent the bill.

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[Mindgames]

Shoes on a phone wire just means that one of the local kids can't run as fast as the ones chasing him.

Shoes on a phone wire with bullet holes in them, that means you got a 'hood thing going on...

Shoes on a phone with with feet in them, and yo' in Detroit.

[evilstonermonkey]

pfft, like drug dealers would leave an obvious sign to let the cops know theyre in the area. you know, aside from the crowd of stoned losers.

[Mr Karl]

you don't need a cherry picker to get shoes off a phone line

[Superna]

its always my neighbor's kid's shoe ... he tries way to hard to be gangsta :/

[Donald Rilea]

its always my neighbor's kid's shoe ... he tries way to hard to be gangsta :/

So, I take it, Ms. Superna, that your' neighbour's boy has a dazzling collection of right foot only shoes???

[a_small_death]

It means you local neighborhood super hero hasn't gotten his landings down yet

[Donald Rilea]

It means you local neighborhood super hero hasn't gotten his landings down yet

So, would that then make him or her, your friendly neighbourhood super hero, or stupid hero(Sorry for the pun, Folks!!! Couldn't resist) ???